Electric Vehicles in India

When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine. This matters, because electric transport will be vital in our efforts to stem climate change. If all cars on the road became…

Kia EV6. (Image source: Kia)The 'EV6' is the first BEV (battery electric vehicle) from Kia and was unveiled globally in March 2021. Carmaker Kia India on Thursday entered India’s EV market with ‘EV6’. The ‘EV6’ is the first BEV (battery electric vehicle) from Kia and was unveiled globally in March 2021. The vehicle is built on Kia’s new dedicated EV platform ‘E-GMP’ and is pegged to offer premium mobility solutions to its customers.“The brand will only be bringing limited units of the car and bookings of the vehicle…

Electric vehicle company Tesla has started testing in-car wifi hotspot connectivity with several major internet providers in order to provide an alternative internet connection for its fleet.According to the auto-tech website, connectivity has been a flagship feature of Tesla’s offering in the auto industry. It enables several fun and useful features for customers and has also been used by Tesla to collect data from the fleet and improve features, mainly Autopilot.In 2018, Tesla started requiring a new paid “premium…

Electric vehicle (EV) charging network platform Statiq on Friday announced that it has recently partnered with leading electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy to enhance the combined network in north India.With this alliance, Statiq and Ather Energy are set to share EV charging locations in the north.“The EV industry is collaborative in nature and requires leading players to partner together to propel it forward into the future," Raghav Arora, co-founder of Statiq, said in a statement.“The brand name of EV maker Ather…

A German-funded consortium of carmakers and battery producers, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, is to develop a “battery passport" that traces the content and carbon footprint of batteries in Europe, Germany’s economy ministry said on Monday.The consortium of 11 partners has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78 million) of government funding to develop a common classification and standards for gathering and disclosing data on the batteries, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.A European…

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has refuted media reports that claimed the government has asked electric two-wheeler manufacturers to refrain from launching any new products in the market in the wake of EV fires.The Ministry issued a clarification saying it has not asked any EV manufacturer to stop production.“A section of media has reported that MoRTH has asked electric two-whaler manufacturers not to launch new vehicles till instances of fire are investigated," it said in a tweet late on…